Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun english_plantain

1 sense of english plantain

Sense 1
English plantain, narrow-leaved plantain, ribgrass, ribwort, ripple-grass, buckthorn, Plantago lanceolata -- (an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions)
       => plantain -- (any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally)